SAULT STE. MARIE, MI— A woman who was arrested for trying to smuggle drugs into the Chippewa Correctional Facility has been sentenced to 180 days in jail.
Frances Ramirez-Huerta, 41, of downstate Redford was taken into custody January 11 when officers discovered she had given an inmate items that were concealed in her waistband. They found 140 suboxone strips, 7 grams of marijuana flower, and two SIM cards.
She pleaded guilty in February to furnishing contraband to a prisoner in prison. A second charge of furnishing contraband and a charge of delivery/ manufacture of Schedule 1, 2, or 3 controlled substances were dropped.
Ramirez-Huerta was given credit for 4 days in jail and must serve a year of probation when she’s released.
